Nightmare Creatures
Nightmare Creatures is a 1997 survival horror video game developed by Kalisto Entertainment for PlayStation, Windows, and Nintendo 64. A sequel, Nightmare Creatures II, was released three years later. A mobile phone version of Nightmare Creatures was developed and published by Gameloft in 2003. A third sequel, Nightmare Creatures III: Angel of Darkness, was cancelled in 2004.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1997
- Developer
- Kalisto Entertainment
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 30 September 1997 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Kalisto Entertainment |
| Publisher | Not recorded |
| Platforms | Nintendo 64 |
| Genres | Horror |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q536833, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Nightmare Creatures? How long to beat it
Total play time for Nightmare Creatures is about 12.9 hours to do everything, and around 5.9 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 5.9h | 30 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 8.7h | 7 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 12.9h | 3 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Nightmare Creatures sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Nightmare Creatures lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 55ahead of 10% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 9ahead of 64% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
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Common questions about Nightmare Creatures
What platforms is Nightmare Creatures on?
Nightmare Creatures is available on Nintendo 64. It first released in 1997.
Who made Nightmare Creatures?
Nightmare Creatures was developed by Kalisto Entertainment.
How long does it take to beat Nightmare Creatures?
about 5.9 hours for the main story, 8.7 hours with the main extras, 12.9 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.